Kevin Hassett Continues to Mislead on the Sunday News Shows
As the transcript at https://abcnews.com/Politics/week-transcript-5-31-26-white-house-national/story?id=133455615 shows, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett continues to make misleading statements on the Sunday news shows to defend Trump's economic record. Regarding inflation, Jonathan Karl asked him the following question on This Week With George Stephanopoulos on March 31, 2026: Well, I mean, recounting what I'm hearing and what a lot of people are hearing. But let me ask you about inflation, because we had the Bureau of Economic Analysis came out this week -- this is the Fed’s go-to gauge for inflation -- saying that inflation increased to 3.8 percent in April. Are you -- are you concerned about that? I mean, we’re seeing, you know -- and, obviously, a lot’s going to depend on what happens in the Middle East. But are you concerned about this nagging inflation and it might actually force the Fed to increase interest rates? Hassett replied: HASSETT: No. You know...